I’m Katriona, and the Year 2 Leader on the BA Fine Art at Chelsea College of Arts. I am new in post, starting Sept 2024). I have overall responsibility for around 160 students in 2nd Year. I have my own tutor group of 28 students and do one to one tutorials, teaching and assessments as part of this role. I run the Year meetings and have been experimenting with turning this into a context for students to showcase work in progress as well as where the week to week timetable and events are discussed. I oversee the 2nd Year lecture series, working with colleagues to align it to the 2nd Year and also deliver lectures. I also work with colleagues cross-year to oversee the Professional Futures programme shared with Year 3 on the BA. I am particularly interested in looking at practical tools to support students in developing a sustainable practice beyond their studies. I also oversee a staff team of 5 fractional staff and 6 associate lecturers. I coordinate the assessment process and also run parity meetings. A key part of my role is to oversee all the students to participate in a series of exhibition projects over the year: a collective exhibition in Nov, a group off-site project in March and an on-site solo presentation in May. I also run an Intersectional Feminisms reading group which is open to any 2nd Year to attend.
I’m an artist and I make digital artefacts, objects, moving image and installation as well as participatory projects. My work responds to the social implications of new technologies and affective experiences in post-digital culture, with a particular interest in mental health. My interdisciplinary project ‘Are We All Addicts Now?’ was supported by The Wellcome Trust and Arts Council England and was shown at Furtherfield in 2017. Recent work includes new commissions at the V&A and Science Gallery London (both 2018); a participatory green screen installation at Autograph (2020); a commission for Disrupt & Reflect, online at IMPAKT, Netherlands (2020-21) and a commission for Sotheby’s Institute of Art that premiered at the V&A (2023).
I started a trade union for artists in 2014, Artists’ Union England and I am currently on the National Executive Committee for AUE.
